Understanding Calculus
A User's Guide
Published on 16. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7803-6018-1 (ISBN)
Description
"The subject of calculus does not usually evoke adjectives like ""simple"" and ""concise."" Traditional calculus texts have involved a more comprehensive, theoretical approach than is appropriate for those learning this critically important subject for its utilitarian value. This succinct, innovative text: Presents the standard material of single-variable calculus in a simple and concise manner. Explains essential calculus concepts through simple geometric and physical examples rather than formal proofs. Teaches future engineers the essential calculus they will need to succeed in their profession, making it an eminently suitable text for two-term calculus courses taught in schools of engineering. Provides engineering professionals with a ready resource for the calculus techniques they may have forgotten. Makes calculus accessible to readers whose prior knowledge may only include high school algebra but who need to utilize calculus for academic or professional advancement." Sponsored by: IEEE Education Society
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About the Author H. S. Bear is a prolific author who has published several pre-calculus texts and an intermediate-level differential equations text, in addition to numerous research articles, during his long writing career. His most recent works include two publications on mathematical analysis, A Primer of Lebesgue Integration (Academic Press. 1995) and An Introduction to Mathematical Analysis (Academic Press, 1997). A dedicated educator, Dr. Bear has taught at several large universities, but has spent most of his career at the University of Hawaii, where he served as both department chairman and graduate chairman.
Content
Author's Message to the Reader; Acknowledgments; Lines; Parabolas, Ellipses, Hyperbolas; Differentiation; Differentiation Formulas; The Chain Rule; Trigonometric Functions; Exponential Functions and Logarithms; Inverse Functions; Derivatives and Graphs; Following the Tangent Line; The Indefinite Integral; The Definite Integral; Work, Volume, and Force; Parametric Equations; Change of Variable; Integrating Rational Functions; Integration By Parts; Trigonometric Integrals; Trigonometric Substitution; Numerical Integration; Limits At; Sequences; Improper Integrals; Series; Power Series; Taylor Polynomials; Taylor Series; Separable Differential Equations; First-Order Linear Equations; Homogeneous Second-Order Linear Equations; Nonhomogeneous Second-Order Equations; Answers; Index; About the Author.